The Cimarron
Mercantile
is approximately 5,700 sq. ft. with the residence being approximately 2,000
sq ft and the balance made up of two showroom spaces. Additional
space includes two upstairs rooms, formerly used as an office and two
cellars. One cellar is accessed by way of stairs and an elevator,
and the other from the outside, formerly used as a wine cellar.
Historically the
property was a stage office during the hey day of Cimarron's wild west days,
then a Wells Fargo Office. Converted into a mercantile in the early
1900's this property served the needs of area ranches and coal camps.
The original
building had some substantial additions in the 1920's including the most
eastern showroom and an additional bedroom in the residence.
The residence consists of three bedrooms, two full bathrooms,
a smaller room suitable as an office, a living room/dining room, kitchen and
laundry. There are many features, including custom tile accents
throughout, three European tile heating stoves, copper window sill
treatments, triple pane windows, custom tiled thresholds, antique clawfoot
bathtub, custom adobe arches, original oak flooring and some fir flooring.
There have been other recent improvements over much of the property
including updating the electrical wiring, new roof, new additional heating
systems, and new double pane windows over the existing single pane, making
for a triple pane effect.
The two very large and spacious showrooms face north toward
the St James Hotel, making this a fantastic location for some sort of
business. The property is also number 8 on the Historic Old Town
Cimarron walking tour, under the name of Barlow, Sanderson and Company Stage
Office. Other features include a privacy area out back overlooking a glass house
accessed from a porch off a back bedroom on brick foundation. Also
there is a
small outbuilding.
There is substantial vacant land available with the property,
laying south of the improvements which at one time had a thriving garden.
This area could be approximately half of the entire property.